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Sumatran carrion flowers Flowering in Melbourne
Posted on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Sumatran carrion flowers Flowering in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, KOMPAS.com - Botanic Gardens Melbourne get a Christmas gift from Sumatra as the corpse flower bloom fitting Christmas Day, Tuesday (12/25/2012). It's at least an additional 10 to bring thousands of visitors to the botanical gardens.
Flowers carcass nearly two meters tall is flowering for the first time since grown there seven years ago. Coordinator of the plants in the botanical garden David Robbins told ABC television said the Titan Arum is called the corpse flower is due to its unique character.
"Yes it smells about the combination of cheese that is damaged and dead fish mixed rotten meat. We have the same interest, but smaller in one greenhouse, and when the door is opened, the smell was all. "Robbins said.
According to Robbins, about 180 corpse flower has been blooming all over the world. Since first discovered by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari in Sumatra forest in 1878, the corpse flower is attracting the interest of scholars and other enthusiasts tananam.
Correspondent reported Compass in Australia L . Literature Wijaya , not all of these corpse flower will blossom. In its natural habitat, it is rare especially when planted in the botanical gardens. Very short flowering period was only 48 hours.
In Melbourne, the corpse flower is starting to grow 10 December and reached a peak as high as 180 cm Christmas Day (25/12) yesterday. "We were lucky, and the public also fortunate opportunity to see the corpse flower because in its natural habitat, this interest is threatened." Said Director of the Botanical Gardens Melbourne, Chris Cole.
According to Cole, look at past experiences in which this corpse flower 've also bloom at the Botanical Gardens Sydney is estimated about 10 thousand people will visit to see and smell the corpse flower.
